Online Reverse Auction System at Universities Based on Business Intelligence

Procurement activities at Universitas Surabaya in Surabaya utilize an information system to obtain goods or services at the best price, meeting various requirements. However, this system is still inadequate to address issues such as the unorganized flow of procurement documents and the lack of system capability to compare budgets and actuals. This study used the waterfall method to develop a better system by implementing business intelligence. Trials and evaluations were conducted using data from the university’s procurement unit. The results showed that the new system can maintain the order of procurement documents and demonstrate a good comparison between budgets and actuals. Therefore, it was concluded that this application can assist in monitoring the procurement process at the university.